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  • New scientific technique helps catch wildlife criminals

    DNA tests co-developed by scientists from the University of Leicester and Scotland’s wildlife forensic lab are helping to catch criminals involved in the illegal sale of protected bird species.

  • European Law and Policy

    The European Law and Policy research cluster focuses on many aspects of EU law including immigration, employment law, social policy and human rights within the European Union.

  • Cross-Post: Why we must reform organ donation

    Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 30, 2018   Organ Donation in England is changing. Accountability for health policy leaders is important, especially when politicians score headlines for healthcare interventions without an evidence-base.

  • Leicester praised in new book on science communications

    Award-winning work by the University of Leicester in improving science communications has been featured in a new book by Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre.

  • Prabhleen sets her sights on breaking down language barriers for Leicester’s new mums

    As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, here we take a look at a story from Prabhleen Mann, who qualified in 2022 as a midwife from the University of Leicester.

  • What makes some people simply able to carry on in the face of adversity

    The ability to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ could explain why some people suffer less depression and anxiety when faced with adversity, research has discovered.

  • Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars

    Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.

  • From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

    Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the latest scientific advances which have been made possible by DiRAC, a multi-site supercomputing facility.

  • Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

    A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.

  • Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

    An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.

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